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Can anyone “steal” the worlds from Alex Yee again?
To answer the question … yes. But it won’t be easy, and will require a bad day from the Olympic gold medalist, along with some big races from his rivals. Some history So how crazy can a world...
View Article4 nutrition trends shaping the world of long-course triathlon
Triathletes participating in long-course triathlons face a unique set of nutritional challenges as they push their bodies to the limits. In recent years, the landscape of nutrition in long-course...
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It’s a bird. It’s a plane … Nah, it’s just athletes getting ready for Kona
The old adage is “bike for show, run for dough” As we gear up for what we should be an incredibly competitive race at the Ironman World Championship in Kona in less than two weeks, there’s been lots on...
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Future draft-legal stars on hand for U23 World Championship Finals
A look at some of the most recent world champions in the category (three of the last five women’s winners of this title include Kate Waugh, Emma Lombardi and Taylor Knibb) highlights just how big a...
View ArticleTwo athletes die during age-group sprint races at World Triathlon...
World Triathlon has reported “two participants (one from Mexico; one from Great Britain) have died at the World Triathlon Torremolinos-Andalucía AG Sprint Distance World Championships, taking place...
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After crashing while in the lead at the Paralympics, Stefan Daniel gets...
He was just 19 when he took the silver medal at the Paralympics in Rio. Five years later he bounced back from injury and a tough day in the heat and humidity in Tokyo to hang on for bronze. Canadian...
View ArticleHow to watch T100 Lake Las Vegas
While the fields have been whittled down a bit (many of the top men have chosen to pass because they’ll be racing at the Ironman World Championship in Kona next weekend, while two of the sport’s...
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After protest by British Federation, Cassandre Beaugrand takes world title
There was no shortage of drama at today’s World Triathlon Championships Final in Torremolinos, Spain as France’s Cassandre Beaugrand became only the second woman to win both the Olympics and the World...
View ArticleWelcome to the new order of T100 racing as Olympic medalists dominate T100...
Yes, we’re fully aware that the previously top-ranked woman in the PTO World Rankings (Ashleigh Gentle) wasn’t there, and neither was British star Lucy Charles-Barclay. All that said, it’s hard to...
View ArticleJelle Geens ends Marten Van Riel’s long-distance unbeaten streak at T100 Lake...
It was an all-Olympian podium in the men’s race today at T100 Lake Las Vegas (as it was in the women’s race earlier), but the biggest news of the day was that Marten Van Riel was finally beaten in a...
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Ironman CEO finishes his first triathlon – a 70.3, of course
Just to be clear, Ironman CEO Scott DeRue was no slouch on the athletic department when he took the new position earlier this year. As we noted when he arrived at Ironman, but for the fact that you...
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Hayden Wilde takes the day, but Alex Yee hangs on for the World Championship...
We wondered if there was any way Alex Yee might lose yet another world title this weekend, but in the end the British Olympic gold medalist came through with the world title that has proved so elusive....
View ArticleSpain continues its influential presence in World Triathlon affairs with the...
Over the last few years Spain’s outsized influence on World Triathlon scene has never been more apparent. Since 2008 Marisol Casado has led World Triathlon, becoming just the second president of the...
View ArticleThe 2024 Ironman World Championship Kona by the numbers
We are almost there! On Saturday we’ll see the men competing in the Ironman World Championship here in Kona – the women, of course, raced in Nice last month. Triathlon Magazine is here in Kona to cover...
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Kristian Blummenfelt knows what his competition is going to try to do on...
After a “failed” Olympic mission where he wasn’t able to defend his Olympic gold medal (his words, not ours), Norway’s Kristian Blummenfelt blasted back with an impressive win at the Ironman European...
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The latest Ironman race gear? That looks like underwear!
It’s a tradition that’s been going since 1998 when Chris Danahy, Tim Morris and Paul Huddle put together a “protest against wearing Speedos in inappropriate places” here on the Big Island during the...
View ArticleGustav Iden’s Kona reality check
After winning the Ironman World Championship here in Kona in 2022, things have been anything but easy for Norway’s Gustav Iden. The two-time Ironman 70.3 world champion lost his mother in 2023 and has...
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It’s supposed to be the most competitive Ironman World Championship ever … so...
Today’s Ironman World Championship professional press conference was possibly the most entertaining one we’ve ever witnessed here on the Big Island. There was a race favourite wearing a bison hat, lots...
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Kona Gear: Vision’s new triathlon range
There’s always lots of new gear that gets released around the Ironman World Championship, and Vision has returned to its Kona roots with the launch of three new products here on the Big Island today:...
View ArticleHow to watch the Ironman World Championship
We’re hours away from one of the most anticipated races of 2024 – the men’s Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The impressive pro field will be looking for a piece of the US$375,000...
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